How somedirection started their logo design journey

Summary

Costumes4fun is currently going through an overhaul and we're looking for a crisp new eye-catching logo to match the new site design! We are specializing in extremely price competitive costumes with a very large selection of product for every costume need.

Company name

Costumes4Fun

What inspires you and how do you envision the design for your business?

Desired Style:
Slick, professional, minimal, modern, web 2.0 style with the shadows, gradients, and reflections. The site will be commerce-based, so it's important not to take attention away from the product. As mentioned in the description, working within color scheme

Accepted File Formats:
.ai, .eps, .ttf (fonts)

Costumes4fun is currently going through an overhaul and we're looking for a crisp new eye-catching logo to match the new site design! We are specializing in extremely price competitive costumes with a very large selection of product for every costume need.

Also, the logo should look "2.0" incorporating a gradient, possibly reflection and gloss (all subtle).
Since we're not looking for a graphical logo - say one that incorporates a clown or other such costume cliche - it would be nice to have some type of create treatment of the 4+Fun logo text.

"Costumes 4Fun"

Logo should stand alone on a white background, but mockups with some sort of gradient background on the header wouldn't be out of the question.

As of right now I'm interested in a catchy, modern, and slick logo, but with minimal gradients and possible very subtle reflection.

I am planning on running this contest for a week and I'm looking for a quick turnaround. Winner will be paid the prize promptly, and I expect the winner to deliver the TTF font files used and a vector version in .ai format of the final logo. Please keep in line with the colors used in the intended color scheme found here: http://www.colourlovers.com/palette…hist_Dance

I will check in on the contest daily, and try and offer as detailed feedback as possible, as quickly as possible.

Thanks in advance to all of those that participate, and looking forward to seeing all of, and choosing one of, your designs!